ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

This Accessibility Statement applies to www.investinleeds.co.uk only. The Invest In Leeds website is run by Leeds City Council, and we want as many people as possible to be able to use it. For example, that means you should be able to: 

• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen 

• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard 

• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software 

• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver) 

• magnify the map on all the business listings without any limitations 

• change the text size, font and colour through your browser settings 

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. 

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. 

Additional software might be needed to view Adobe Documents Adobe Acrobat Reader – this allows users to view Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. 

Adobe® Reader® X is free software that improves the accessibility of PDF files. Where possible the team have tried to avoid using PDF or external files.   

How accessible is this website?

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible, and we are currently working on a re-build of the website to address many of these accessibility issues. We have outlined the main issues below, and further information can be found under the section on ‘compliance’ and ‘non-accessible content’:

• most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
• not all embedded video content is accessible via YouTube and Instagram
• images on some pages do not always have suitable image descriptions. Users of assistive technologies may not have access to information conveyed in images.
• some maps are non-accessible. An interactive, accessible map of Leeds City Centre can be viewed here.  
• some third party integrations may have accessibility issues including in some of our embedded image galleries and Instagram content.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format such as accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille; you can contact us at:

Invest In Leeds:

invest-leeds@leeds.gov.uk

and

webmaster@leeds.gov.uk

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 7 days. 

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of our websites. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please do get in touch and let us know. 

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Leeds City Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. 

Compliance status

The Visit Leeds website is currently being re-built so that it is compliant with WCAG2.2AA. This statement was prepared on 30 May 2025. It will be reviewed once the re-build of the site is completed in August 2025.  Thereafter the accessibility of the website will be reviewed annually.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.  

1. Images on some pages do not always have suitable image descriptions. Users of assistive technologies may not have access to information conveyed in images. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content).   
2. The dropdown menus from along the top of the webpage are not accessible by using the keyboard. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.1.1 (Keyboard). This is being reviewed as part of the current website rebuild. 
3. The keyboard focus is not visible, within the cookie banner, when it tabs between the accordion menus under ‘Manage your privacy’. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.7 (Focus Visible). This is being reviewed as part of the current website rebuild. 
4. At 200% zoom, once expanded, content within the hamburger menu is partially cut off. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.4 (Resize Test). This is being reviewed as part of the current website rebuild. 
5. At 400% zoom, elements of the cookie banner and menu do not reflow. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.10 (Reflow). This is being reviewed as part of the current website rebuild. 
6. When hovering over the navigation bar dropdown menus, there is no mechanism to dismiss the additional content triggered without moving pointer hover or keyboard focus. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.13 (Content on Hover or Focus). This is being reviewed as part of the current website rebuild. 
7. There are multiple elements across the website that do not have sufficient colour contrast. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.1 (Contrast (Minimum)). This is being reviewed as part of the current website rebuild.   
8. A number of frames of links do not currently have an accessible name. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.1 (Bypass Blocks). This is being reviewed as part of the current website rebuild.   
9. The majority of links are only distinguishable by a change of colour. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.1 (Use of Colour). This is being reviewed as part of the current website rebuild.   
10. Third party integrations may contain some non-accessible content, this includes: embedded YouTube videos.